Wawerner Goldberg Riesling Erste Lage
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared trout, roasted pork loin, spicy Thai green curry
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the steep, south-facing slopes of Wawern along the Saar, the Goldberg vineyard is legendary for its unique terroir. The name Goldberg, or Gold Mountain, pays homage to the iron-rich, reddish-yellow Devonian slate that shimmers under the sun and infuses the vines with a distinct, smoky minerality. Van Volxem treats this Erste Lage site with utmost reverence, harvesting late to ensure optimal phenolic ripeness. The wine is fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts in traditional, neutral oak fuder casks. This artisanal approach coaxes out a beautifully textured Riesling, balancing the Saar's signature electric acidity with rich, exotic yellow fruit notes and a deep, saline minerality that reflects its ancient riverbed origins.
🍾 About the Producer
With viticultural roots reaching back to Roman antiquity and an 18th-century Jesuit monastery, Weingut Van Volxem is a historic estate situated in Wiltingen along the steep slopes of the Saar in Germany's Mosel region. The estate experienced a dramatic renaissance when Roman Niewodniczanski acquired it in 1999, dedicating the estate to restoring the Saar's historic reputation for world-class, dry-style wines crafted with artisanal precision. Working with venerable old vines across premier Grand Cru terroirs—including iconic sites like Scharzhofberger, Wiltinger Gottesfuss, and Kanzemer Altenberg—the winery practices low yields, hand-harvesting, and spontaneous fermentation in traditional wooden casks. Van Volxem is celebrated internationally for its powerful, mineral-etched Riesling Grosses Gewächs, old-vine cuvées, and expressive traditional method sparkling wines.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Riesling
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
12% - 12.5%